Table Of ContentContents Foreword by Dr David Trobisch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 o l d t e s t a m e n t History of a Nation The Pentateuch / www.instruction-manual.com.ot Genesis / Stuff Starts Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Exodus / Shift Yourselves! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Leviticus / God-Reps' Orders of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Numbers / Stats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Deuteronomy / Maker's Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 History Section / www.new-nation.com.ot Joshua / Good from Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Judges / New Line in Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Ruth / Foreign Girl Gets God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 1 Samuel / Kingmaker, Book 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 2 Samuel / Kingmaker, the Sequel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 1 Kings / Carry on Monarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2 Kings / Carry on Monarchy Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 1 Chronicles / Events, Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 2 Chronicles / Events, Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Ezra / We Can Rebuild it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Nehemiah / Another Brick in the Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Esther / Total Holocaust of the Jews'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The Wisdom Books / www.peoples-poetry.com.ot Job / Mess Happens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Psalms / Song Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Proverbs / Wise Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Ecclesiastes / What's the Point? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Song of Songs / You Are Gorgeous! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 The Prophets / www.couriershotline.com.ot The Major Prophets / The Famous Four Isaiah / No Pain, No Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Jeremiah / Warnings with Tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Lamentations / A to Z of Grief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Ezekiel / Wot, No HQ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Daniel / God's Running the Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 The Minor Prophets / The Dangerous Dozen Hosea / Your Wife's a Tart! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Joel / Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Amos / God Hates Your Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Obadiah / Rival's Revenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Jonah / Courier on a Detour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Micah / Justice's Downside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Nahum / Nineveh's Nightmare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Habakkuk / Sort It Out, God! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Zephaniah / Judgement Day and Beyond. . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Haggai / Renew the HQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Zechariah / Get Shovelling! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Malachi / Halve Your Double Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 n e w t e s t a m e n t New Promise The Liberator Matthew / Mark / Luke / John / 4D Biography . . . . . . . 261 The Jesus Liberation Movement Acts of the Apostles / JLM: The Early Years. . . . . . . . . . 343 Paul's Work "Sent Items" Box Ro
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